American women, seem to have this penchant for
putting something on in the morning
Looking great, wearing it throughout the day and turning in to something
smashing in the evening !
Well you know the American woman's
lifestyle, has become a very busy one
They really don't want to fuss
with their clothing, during the day. They want to put something on
They want to make sure they look excellent,
at five or six o Clock at night
ready to go out to dinner or so forth.
And fortunately, we have wonderful designers
who have provided this outlet for us.
and ..I'd like to show them to you !
I believe our first designer is Mary Restivo
who is certainly not a household name
but probably soon will be, don't you agree?
Well, she's certainly an up and coming one
she's very popular with American working women
because you know there's a big segment of our
population, and she ...
designs, for the working woman
her designs are as direct as she is!
I'd like to show you this first dress that
we have for you
which is a ..
wool jersey charcoal grey dress
and by this, she makes three statements:
One .. is that it is the newest neutral
which is grey
The second statement is
that it's wool jersey is proving a very popular
and important fabrication for Fall 86
and the third is the shape of the dress is very new
It's been copied by other designers
but she came up with it first.
You can put actually rhinestone earrings with this
and rhinestone belt
and you're ready for a wonderful dinner, out on the town.
And you're still comfortable
You put it on during the day, and at night you look just as marvelous
Thank- you !
The little black dress !
by America's romantic designer
Ralph Lauren
and this is his interpretation
of a day into evening dress
satin lapel
wonderfully elegant !
you put a scarf to it during the day
You could certainly accessorize it with an antique throw
and we did for this show
a little bow in the back of the hair
very important
it's very feminine
Classic, traditional, but it's so elegant
Nice clean lines through it and everything
Yes !
Thank you very much
That's one dress you can put on and always feel good in
Oh it's a wonderful dress, it's really one of my favorites
Oh now .. this is good !
here we have Gloria Sachs, who is of course known
for her interchangeable separates
and .. ah .. soft wool challis
This dress has a season less, timeless quality
It has her wit and whim as a
you remember from the last time, she takes of on traditional patterning
here on wool challis
and she combines it
for
day, for example, with a velvet jacket.
Now I thought velvet
was traditionally for night time ..
well .. this is what is new in Fall 86
There are, night time fabrications in day time
and this is a good example of it
A day time jacket in a velvet
which takes you through that transition period
that you would need
and if you would take the jacket off, Andrea
you can see how easily this works in the office for example
You'd change the accessories
You could take that shawl
and wrap it round your waist
or around your shoulder, there's so much you can do with it.
Calvin Klein, which is the next outfit we are seeing
has a great awareness for
American style. Simple bodice, good cut.
There's always an elegant modesty
to his assured style.
Now this reminds me of something almost out of the 1940's.
Well, I'll tell you why,
because it's a shorter jacket
with a longer skirt and good kick back pleat in the back.
It was something of the 40's, even a bit longer in length.
you know there's so much of the 40's, 50's and even 60's
and they seem to have taken the best elements
of these decades
and translate them in to the most wearable outfit today.
For today's woman in America, right!